The Intel Z590 Motherboard Overview: 50+ Motherboards Detailed
by Gavin Bonshor on January 19, 2021 10:15 AM ESTZ590 Power Delivery
As we do with all of our chipset overviews, we reached out to all of the motherboard vendors about what power deliveries each board features prior to launch. Many more users, compared to previous years factor in the power delivery and its thermal capabilities into their buying decisions. While the power delivery is fundamentally designed to run its relevant processors at default settings without issue, the idea of including a better specification power delivery allows for users to push processors beyond the default settings, as more voltage through the CPU means more voltage and power is handled by the power delivery.
Over the years, we have reported on manufacturers embellishing claims of its power delivery and marketing them to do things it just cannot operate effectively and efficiently. We have compiled as much information as we are privy to, which we are trusting vendors to provide accurate details of. A question mark (?) denotes something we haven't been informed of, as we don't want to speculate and guess, as motherboard vendors haven't provided us with the necessary details.
As more information filters into us from vendors, as well as in our Z590 reviews, we will endeavor to keep the below table updated as frequently as possible. Note that all the information below has come directly from the manufacturer of each model, or through the physical analysis of the componentry.
| Z590 CPU Power Delivery Comparison | |||||
| Motherboard | Controller | H-Side | L-Side | Chokes | Doubler |
| Biostar Z590 Valkyrie | ISL69269 (10+1) |
ISL99390B (20) |
? | ISL6617A (10) |
|
| Biostar Z590I Valkyrie | ISL69269 (8+1) |
ISL99390 (8) |
? | - | |
| Biostar Racing Z590GTA | ISL69269 (6+1) |
FDMF5062 (12) |
? | ISL6617A (6) |
|
| GIGABYTE Z590 Aorus Xtreme WaterForce | ISL69269 (10+1) |
SiC840 (20) |
? | ISL6617A (10) |
|
| GIGABYTE Z590 Aorus Xtreme | ISL69269 (10+1) |
SiC840 (20) |
? | ISL6617A (10) |
|
| GIGABYTE Z590 Aorus Tachyon | ISL69269 (12+1) |
SiC840 (12) |
? | - | |
| GIGABYTE Z590 Aorus Master | ISL69269 (18+1) |
ISL99390B (18) |
? | ISL6617A (9) |
|
| GIGABYTE Z590 Aorus Ultra | ISL69269 (8+1) |
ISL99390B (16) |
? | ISL6617A (8) |
|
| GIGABYTE Z590 Aorus Pro AX | ISL69269 (12+1) |
ISL99390 (12) |
? | - | |
| GIGABYTE Z590 Aorus Elite | ISL69269 (12+1) |
SiC649 (12) |
? | - | |
| GIGABYTE Z590I Aorus Ultra | ISL69269 (10+1) |
ISL99390 (10) |
? | - | |
| MSI MEG Z590 Godlike | RAA229828 (20+0) |
ISL99390 (20) |
? | - | |
| MSI MEG Z590 Ace | ISL69269 (16+2) |
ISL99390B (16) |
? | ISL6617A (8) |
|
| MSI MEG Z590 Unify | ISL69269 (16+2) |
ISL99390B (16) |
? | ISL6617A (8) |
|
| MSI MEG Z590 Unify-X | ISL69269 (16+2) |
ISL99390B (16) |
? | ISL6617A (8) |
|
| MSI MEG Z590I Unify | ISL69269 (8+1) |
ISL99390 (8) |
? | - | |
| MSI MPG Z590 Gaming Carbon WIFI | ISL69269 (16+1) |
RAA220075 (16) |
? | - | |
| MSI MPG Z590 Gaming Carbon EK X | ISL69269 (16+1) |
RAA220075 (16) |
? | - | |
| MSI MPG Z590 Gaming Force | ISL69269 (16+1) |
RAA220075 (16) |
? | - | |
| MSI MPG Z590 Gaming Edge WIFI | ISL69269 (14+1) |
RAA220075 (14) |
? | - | |
| MSI MPG Z590M Gaming Edge WIFI | ISL69269 (12+1) |
RAA220075 (12) |
? | - | |
| MSI MPG Z590 Gaming Plus | ISL69269 (14+1) |
RAA220075 (14) |
? | - | |
| MSI MAG Z590 Tomahawk WIFI | ISL69269 (14+2) |
AOZ5312UQI (14) |
? | - | |
| MSI MAG Z590 Torpedo | ISL69269 (14+2) |
NCP252160 (14) |
? | - | |
| MSI Z590 Pro WIFI | RT3609BE (12+2) |
AOZ5516QI (12) |
? | - | |
| MSI Z590-A Pro | RT3609BE (12+2) |
AOZ5516QI (12) |
? | - | |
As we get more and more Z590 boards in for review, we can go deeper into the analysis in each individual review over the upcoming months.
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itr75 - Friday, March 19, 2021 - link
There is an VERY IMPORTANT ERROR in this article about the Asus Z590 gaming series motherboards - one that has potentially just cost me a chunk of the £320 i paid for one!In the article above, it states that the Z590-F Gaming WiFi motherboard will run in either x16, x8/x8 or x8/x4/x4 modes. THIS IS WRONG! The board will actually only run x16 for PCIe slot 1, if you have a card in slot 2, it drops to x8/x4 not x8/x8. for me this is a complete deal breaker as I have an RTX3070 and an LSI SAS RAID card which runs at PCIex8 - and is now running at x4 :(
fizzbuzzbang - Monday, March 22, 2021 - link
Are there any Z590 mobos that do not have a PCIe switch between the socket and the gen4-capable slots?If not, what motherboard has the best throughput @ Gen4?
Looking to plug in something like a Mellanox ConnectX-6DX which can do 1x200GbE / 2x100GbE, and want best possible bandwidth.
gsuburban - Wednesday, April 14, 2021 - link
Only one PCIe slot is 4th gen on all of these current motherboards. The other one or two M.2 slots are 3rd gen so you don't need to bother spending more money on your other NVMe storage devices.Exotica - Wednesday, April 14, 2021 - link
Regarding your z590 Vision D description:“ Finishing off the rear panel is a pair of Intel I225-V 2.5 GbE controllers, with Intel's latest AX210 Wi-Fi 6E CNVi, which also includes support for BT 5.2 devices.”
The article is in need of a correction: this board comes with the AX200 chip, not the ax210.
Lapajgo - Saturday, June 19, 2021 - link
Yeww ... a PS/2 port? I didn't know we still live in the 90s. Every time I start shopping for desktop upgrade, my search gets halted when I see PS/2 ports, VGA port, HDMI port or USB 2.0 port - it just makes me want to puke. And what's up with the motherboards that have 5 different video outputs? Pick a standard and stick with it! If I need to switch connectors I will use an adapter.P.S. Can we for ONCE see a motherboard with a decent amount of PCIe slots(I would like to see mATX with two x16 and two x4, none of that useless x1), no old USB ports but only the latest USB-C(we know how to use USB adapters and hubs), same type of video output(preferably something that supports the latest video standards), and NO legacy ports !!! Oh and if possible at least 3 M.2 NVMe ports, to allow for a decent RAID.
Lapajgo - Saturday, June 19, 2021 - link
Ah crap, I forgot - and a dual 2.5Gb LAN please. Some of us can no longer have their workloads on legacy 1Gb connections.rosarian0007 - Saturday, August 6, 2022 - link
Does the Asus Prime Z590-A Motherboard have a Third-Party USB Controller? Gensys Logic? I have an Asus Prime Z590-A it has a Gensys Logic USB Controller. Why would they not use the Intel Z590 Chipset USB controller.